A thousand horse archers led by Bai Xiaode kept using running tactics back and forth on the other side of the river.
A large number of arrows were fired at them, causing heavy casualties to the cannibals.
When the cannibals reacted and counterattacked with bows and arrows, they discovered that their The range of the bows and arrows could not reach the Tang army at all, and most of the arrows shot fell into the river.
Now the Tang army was more relieved and sped up the arrows, which caused greater casualties to the cannibals.
A captain of a thousand-man team came to Daoud and anxiously asked him for instructions on what to do, asking him to quickly issue orders to avoid greater casualties.
Daoud had no choice at this time.
They were cavalry and could not abandon their horses.
Let's fight.
What's the point of fighting like this?
Daoud's plight was soon discovered by Ziad.
Ziad was grumpy but attentive.
He was very calm at this time.
When he found that Daoud was blocked behind the Tang army, he knew that the raid had failed and he had to Without favorable support, his army could no longer continue to confront the Tang army.
With such heavy casualties, he rationally chose to retreat.
"Retreat, retreat quickly" Although Ziad was not motivated, it seemed that it was too late for him to give the order to retreat at this time.
The Tang army would not let them retreat safely.
When the cannibals retreated, the Tang army tightly entangled them and killed them wantonly.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Ziyad immediately cut off his wrists and fought his way out with only a few personal guards, breaking through the siege and escaping to the city of Seheran.
At this time, the sky was completely dark.
After Ziyad broke through with a few personal guards, most of the cannibals under his command were killed or captured.
A few fled after him.
Since it was getting late, they were worried about being beaten by the cannibals.
Conspiracy, Zhao Ziliang did not lead the pursuit.
After Daoud lost more than half of his people, he discovered that Ziad's side had retreated.
He knew that he could not stay here any longer, so he took the remaining people back from the original route and fled to Sehelan City.
During the process, they were shot and killed by the Tang army's archers who kept firing arrows along the river.
They suffered heavy losses.
It was not until they escaped back to Sehelan City that they discovered that the two of them had gone out.
There were only less than 500 people left among the 1,000 people, and Ziad's side was even worse.
There were 3,000 people when they set off, but now there were less than 700.
After this battle, only 1,200 of the 5,000-man cavalry were left.
There were three or four hundred remaining cavalry, and there were three to four hundred injured, and less than a thousand cavalry could actually be used in combat.
When Bingbo Xilin learned of this result, he was so angry that he vomited blood on the spot.
Tang army camp.
The soldiers were cleaning the battlefield.
Zhao Ziliang held a waist knife and patrolled everywhere.
When he came to the wounded soldiers camp, some injured soldiers were wailing.
He asked: "The statistics show how many were killed and how many were injured."
Liu Tiao cupped his hands and said: "Currently, the doctors are rescuing the wounded.
We cannot count the number of wounded soldiers at the moment.
Once we have the results, I will report it to the general immediately."
"Okay."
Zhao Ziliang nodded and walked around the camp for wounded soldiers.
He found that only eight of the two hundred people who stayed with him in the camp were killed and more than a dozen were injured.
Instead, an ambush was set up on the hillside near the camp.
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The Qian Eight Hundred Cavalry suffered more casualties, while the Archers had almost no casualties.
After the inspection, Zhao Ziliang returned to his own central army battle, and immediately found Xuan Wu, asking him to send out reconnaissance sentries to continue to monitor the movements of the big food rebels in Sehelan City, so as to prevent the big food rebels from coming back again.
There is no such thing Maybe, the safer it seems, it is actually the most dangerous.
Maybe the Dashi rebels can't swallow the bad breath of defeat and attack with another army.
So Zhao Ziliang thinks it's better to be careful.
This is not too cautious, but It's about taking precautions before they happen.
After eating the dinner brought by the cooks, the generals and officials came to Zhao Ziliang's camp one after another.
Zhao Ziliang saw that everyone was almost there, so he asked: "Have all the soldiers in each camp had dinner?"
The generals and officials all agreed: "I have eaten them all."
"Now let's report the results and losses."
Officials and generals began to report on their respective counts.
According to statistics, more than 3,600 enemies were annihilated and captured in this battle.
Only more than 200 people were killed and more than 200 injured.
It was a great battle.
Needless to say, victory and capture.
After everyone met and made statistics, the results were surprising.
Everyone in the big tent was overjoyed.
Zhao Ziliang even asked people to prepare wine and meat for everyone to celebrate together.
It was a celebration, but Zhao Ziliang knew that although they won a big victory this time, they only had 3,000 people.
This time, more than 200 people died in the battle, and more than 100 people were injured.
In other words, there were 400 battle losses, and only 3,000 people were left.
There are about 2,600 people, and this is far away from the Tang Dynasty.
It is a foreign country.
It is impossible to replenish the troops.
The troops will only become less and less.
The best way is to rescue Princess Hera as soon as possible and then set off.
Return home.
Everyone was chatting while eating and drinking, and the big tent was very lively for a while.
However, someone soon discovered that Zhao Ziliang didn't seem very happy, so he asked: "General, we won the battle, why is the general still so depressed?"
Zhao Ziliang sighed: "This general is worried.
Although the Dashi rebels lost nearly four thousand cavalry today, they only have seven or eight thousand infantry in the city.
But this is not the entire strength of the rebels.
They have already occupied the north.
There are still a large number of troops in several provinces, and we have not implemented a complete blockade of Sehelan City.
Maybe they have sent messengers to ask for help from other rebels.
Also, you should have discovered that there is no news of the arrival of the Imperial Army.
It may be that the generals of the Imperial Army are afraid of fighting, or they may not have enough troops to defend the city, let alone send troops to counterattack.
Woolen cloth" Liu Tiao, who joined the army, said: "The general's concerns are not unreasonable.
Our weakness is that we have no backup, our troops cannot be replenished, and supplies such as materials and arrows are inconvenient, and because we have no infantry, we cannot launch an siege.
But we also have our own The advantages are fast maneuverability and strong field combat capabilities, but if the enemy stays in the city for a long time, there is nothing we can do."
Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said: "After today's battle, Bingbo Xilin was seriously injured, and his confidence was also knocked out by more than half.
I believe he is no longer as arrogant as he was at the beginning.
Tomorrow morning , I led 2,000 troops and escorted the captives to demonstrate at the gates of Sehelan City to see if I could force Bo Xilin to release them.
Liu Canjun, you take the remaining people to camp somewhere else.
You can’t stay here any longer.
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It’s time to find another campsite.”
Liu Tiao cupped his hands and said, "I understand."
Early the next morning, Zhao Ziliang immediately ordered 2,000 soldiers and horses to escort 1,600 large food prisoners to the city of Sehelan.
These were all elite cavalry under Bingbo Xilin.
It can be said that every one of them was very precious. , because each of them has received normal and strict training, and is much better than those temporarily recruited believers.
Zhao Ziliang wants to use these people as bargaining chips to negotiate with Bingbo Xilin.
When the flag of the Tang army and Zhao Ziliang's Chinese army banner appeared in the sight of the defenders of the city wall of Sehelan City, the entire sleeping city of Sehelan immediately became noisy.
The city was full of rebel soldiers running towards the city wall. , people doing business in the food country packed up their stalls and went home to avoid the disasters and wars.
Bingbo Xilin didn't sleep all night.
The loss of four thousand elite cavalry was a huge blow to him.
These five thousand cavalry were his old base.
Losing four thousand men like this was tantamount to killing him.
He How not to rush is like when Said's three thousand heavy cavalry were killed by Zhao Ziliang, and Said almost lost his breath.
In yesterday's battle, the appearance of the Tang Army made all the Dashi rebel soldiers and generals feel uneasy.
The Tang Army's combat effectiveness was too strong.
Now many people are afraid when they see the Tang Army, especially when Zhao Ziliang, Li Sheng and When the three tall figures of Pugu Huai'en appeared, the generals in the rebel army such as Bo Xilin, Ziad and Daoud were all frightened.
The Tang army stopped two miles outside the city.
In order to prevent the Dashi rebel cavalry from suddenly rushing out of the city, the attacking armies usually had to be separated by a short distance to allow them time to react and mobilize their troops, or to attack before they could attack.
The city had previously built a fence in the middle as a barrier, but Zhao Ziliang did not intend to attack the city, so there was no need to set up a barrier on the city wall.
After the Tang army stopped in formation, there was silence on and under the city wall.
Except for the snorting of the horses from the Tang army's formation, there was no other figure.
Zhao Ziliang sat on the horse in silence for a long time, waved his hand and ordered: "Bring all the prisoners up."
When more than 1,600 ragged Dashi rebel soldiers were tied up and strung together with ropes and escorted by the Tang army to the front of the military formation, the Dashi rebels on the city wall began to commotion.
These were all soldiers who went there yesterday evening.
Of course they all knew about the rebel cavalry who attacked the Tang army camp, and there were many of them.
They knew each other, especially Ziad and Daoud.
It can be said that these people fell into the hands of the Tang army, and they were both to blame.
However, Bingbo Xilin did not blame or punish them, because he proposed the sneak attack plan this time. came out and deployed, while Ziad and Daoud were just the executors.
Ziad and Daoud seemed to have seen the more than 1,600 people being beheaded one by one by the Tang army.
In the end, corpses were scattered everywhere and blood flowed into rivers.
Their faces suddenly turned extremely pale.
Bingbo Xilin was not good at fighting.
These captured soldiers were the most powerful people under his command.
Now these people fell into the hands of the Tang army and were about to be killed by the Tang army.
This was too disappointing.
He couldn't accept it.
Zhao Ziliang ordered the Dashi translator he brought: "Go over with a white flag and tell Bingbo Xilin that if he doesn't want to see these prisoners killed by us in front of him and his generals and soldiers, if If he is still a responsible military leader, if he is really a person who asks for orders for the cannibals, let him come out of the city to talk to the general, and the general will wait for him in front of the two armies."
"Yes, my dear general, I will definitely convey the general's words to the leader of Bo Xilin verbatim":